Rhyncomya currani Zumpt, 1958

Thomas-Cabianca, Arianna, Villet, Martin H., Martinez-Sanchez, Anabel & Rojo, Santos, 2023, South African nose flies (Diptera, Calliphoridae, Rhiniinae): taxonomy, diversity, distribution and biology, Biodiversity Data Journal 11, pp. 72764-72764 : 72764

Rhyncomya currani Zumpt, 1958

= Rhyncomya pollinosa Curran, 1931: 20. Type locality: South Africa, Transvaal [Gauteng], Pretoria. Remarks: nec. R. pollinosa Townsend 1917. Remarks: HT in SANC.

= Rhyncomya currani Zumpt, 1958: 144. Type locality: South Africa, Transvaal [Gauteng], Pretoria. Remarks: new replacement name for R. pollinosa Curran, 1931 by Zumpt in 1958; HT and AT in SANC at ARC.

Distribution

Afrotropica: South Africa (Fig. 74 ).

Notes

Preferred environment: no data. Recorded elevations: no data. Seasonality: uncommon, present only in September. Behaviour and ecology: unknown. Life cycle and developmental stages: unknown. Collection methods: unknown. Illustrations and photographs: male habitus as in Fig. 75 . Male terminalia as in fig. 45 in Zumpt (1958).

Type material examined: R. pollinosa : 1? HT // Pretoria / 21.9.15 / H.K. Munro // Rhyncomya / Type / Rhyncomya pollinosa ? / Curran. / No. // 1901 was ST258 // TYPH01901 // Rhyncomya currani Zumpt, 1958 / nom. nov.

Material examined: Suppl. material 1.

Figures

Figure 74. Rhyncomya currani occurrence map in South Africa, including eSwatini (eSw) and Lesotho (Le); horizontal axis longitude east and vertical axis latitude south.

Figure 75. Habitus, left lateral view of Rhyncomya currani male SANC 01901 HT from South Africa; scale bar = 2 mm.